Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian attacks on 2 fronts – General Staff report
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 16 JUNE 2022, 18:57
On Thursday evening, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian assault operations on the Sloviansk and Bakhmut fronts.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 16 June
Details: On the Sloviansk front, Russian forces opened artillery fire on the areas around Mazanivka, Krasnopillia, and Dibrovne. Ukrainian forces have repelled a Russian assault on the town of Dolyna, forcing the Russians to retreat.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continue to fire on Ukrainian positions along the entire contact line, focusing their main efforts on the Sievierodonetsk and Bakhmut fronts.
No active combat operations have taken place on the Lyman front. Russian occupation forces opened artillery fire on a Starodubivka neighbourhood.
On the Sievierodonetsk front, Russia has deployed artillery and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to fire on Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Ustynivka, Loskutivka, Metiolkine, and Borivske. Russian aircraft conducted an airstrike on Loskutivka.
On the Bakhmut front, Russian occupation forces fire on New-York, Zaitseve, Pokrovske, Nova Kamianka, Yakovlivka, Berestove, Mykolaivka, and Novoivanivka with artillery.
A pair of Russian Ka-52 helicopters conducted an airstrike on the peaceful village of Yakovlivka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repulsed a Russian attack on Berestove.
On the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivka, and Zaporizhzhia fronts, Russian forces attempted to conduct assault operations in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to other fronts. They fired on Mariinka, Novomykhailivka, Zaliznychne, Huliaipole, and Charivne with mortars, barrel artillery, and multiple launch rocket systems.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, units of Belarusian Armed Forces continue to cover the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Belarusian forces are also performing combat engineering tasks in order to reinforce their positions along the state border in Brest Oblast (Belarus). Between 14 and 16 June, command and staff training exercises were conducted among the units of the Belarusian Armed Forces responsible for organising support and supplies behind the frontline.
On the Sivershchyna front, Russian forces opened artillery fire on Leonivka in Chernihiv Oblast and Ulanove, Sopych, and Baranivka in Sumy Oblast of Ukraine. A pair of Russian Ka-52 helicopters conducted an airstrike near the city of Hlukhiv in Sumy Oblast.
On the Slobozhanshchyna front, Russian troops continue to conduct hostilities in order to pin down the units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces and prevent them from advancing towards the state border.
On the Kharkiv front, Russia deployed barrel artillery and multiple launch rocket systems to fire on Zolochiv, Udy, Bairak, Peremoha, Rubizhne, Verkhnii Saltiv, Pechenihy, and Lebiazhe.
The situation has not changed significantly on the Pivdennyi Buh front, where Russian forces continued to focus their efforts on maintaining their previously occupied positions and performing combat engineering tasks to reinforce those positions.
Russian forces used regular and rocket artillery to fire on the areas around the towns and villages of Osokorivka, Dobrianka, Topolyne, Kniazivka, Murakhivka, Chervona Dolyna, Zoria, Kotliareve, Novomykolaivka, Stepova Dolyna, Tavriiske, Lymany, and Oleksandrivka.
Three Russian carriers of high-precision missiles with a total array of 20 Calibre cruise missiles are maintained at the ready.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has also noted that the significant losses that the Russian army is suffering in Ukraine are impeding the Russian military leadership’s plans to rapidly advance further into Ukraine. There is a growing incidence of cases when a large number of military personnel are fired due to their refusal to continue to take part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. This prevents Russian forces from quickly reinforcing and replacing those units that have lost their combat capability.
